Emergency Medicine Journal: 42 (6)

Highlights from this issue

Primary survey: highlights from this issue (22 May, 2025)
Shammi L Ramlakhan

Paediatric emergency care

Bridging the divide: strengthening EMS decision-making for paediatric head injuries (23 March, 2025)
Fahd A Ahmad, J D Finney
Factors influencing paramedic conveyance decisions when attending children with minor head injury: a qualitative study (4 February, 2025)
Alyesha Proctor, Jedd Billing, Mark Lyttle, Sarah Voss, Jonathan Benger
Test characteristics of clinical findings and clinical decision rules for the diagnosis of septic arthritis in children with an acute limp presenting to the emergency department: a prospective observational study (8 April, 2025)
Jacky Tu, Stephanie Lam, Chiharu Yamano, Eldho Paul, Olivia Ghobrial, Peter Gowdie, Simon Craig
Evaluation of nasogastric tube location using point-of-care ultrasonography in paediatric patients (5 March, 2025)
Ayla Akca Caglar, Oksan Derinoz Guleryuz, Songül Tomar Güneysu, Özlem Çolak

Randomised trials for pain management

Comparison of the effects of vapocoolant spray and topical anaesthetic cream (lidocaine–prilocaine) on pain of intravenous cannulation: a randomised controlled trial (21 March, 2025)
Atousa Akhgar, Amirreza Mazidabadi Farahani, Hamideh Akbari, Mojtaba Sedaghat, Mohammad Jalili, Hadi Mirfazaelian
Salbutamol for analgesia in renal colic: a prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled phase II trial (11 April, 2025)
Graham D Johnson, Andrew Tabner, Apostolos Fakis, Rachelle Sherman, Victoria Chester, Andrew Skeggs, Fran Game, Richard Jackson, Suzanne M Mason
Letter: Allocation concealment using scratchcards in an emergency department drug trial (11 April, 2025)
Rachelle Sherman, Graham D Johnson, Andrew Tabner

Prehospital management of heat illness: Consensus statement

Cooling in context: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness for the UK Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (26 March, 2025)
Ross Hemingway, Gareth Jones, Courtney Kipps, Michael J Stacey
Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care: consensus statement on the prehospital management of exertional heat illness (26 March, 2025)
Ross Hemingway, Frederick Stourton, Todd Leckie, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Gareth Jones, Felix Wood, Amy Boalch, James McNulty-Ackroyd, Andrew Thurgood, Matthew Boulter, Andrew Hartle, Edward Walter, Harvey J Pynn, Courtney Kipps, Michael J Stacey

Triage and Early Warning Scores

Accuracy of the National Early Warning Score version 2 (NEWS2) in predicting need for time-critical treatment: retrospective observational cohort study (11 January, 2025)
Steve Goodacre, Laura Sutton, Gordon Fuller, Ashleigh Trimble, Richard Pilbery
Reproducibility of the Manchester Triage System: a multicentre vignette study (6 March, 2025)
Arian Zaboli, Francesco Brigo, Gabriele Magnarelli, Hugh Gorick, Tiziano Garbin, Patrick Clauser, Serena Sibilio, Gloria Brigiari, Magdalena Massar, Michael Mian, Norbert Pfeifer, Gianni Turcato

Best Evidence Topic reports

In emergency settings, can a negative Prehn’s sign be used to aid diagnosis of testicular torsion? (8 April, 2025)
Lauren Grace Edwards, Joshua William Feldman, Craig Ferguson

Journal update

Journal update monthly top five (22 May, 2025)
Anukiran Ravichandran, Rajendar Garlapati, Sukhbir Bhullar, Amber Jafferi, Muhammad Hadi, Yoonus Karinkapara, Liam Barrett

Global emergency medicine highlights

Abstracts from international emergency medicine journals (22 May, 2025)
EMJ Production

Image challenges

Patient with syncope (22 May, 2025)
Matthew Turner, Francis R Mencl
Elbow injury after a fall on outstretched hand (22 May, 2025)
Tun Hing Lui, Yiu Ho Sin, Yuk Chuen Siu, Jason Churk Yan Mok
“Hey doc, there is something within my skin” (22 May, 2025)
Leo Spora, Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, Matthias Möhrenschlager

Electronic pages

3232 AI-assisted transcription in healthcare: enhancing efficiency and quality in clinical documentation (22 May, 2025) Free
A Nisar, A Nandakumar, M Elhamri, Z Fagih, M Jama, B Sheryanna, J Matharu, Z Al-Fagih
3282 Adult pain scores in the emergency department: a scoping review (22 May, 2025) Free
Emma Duffield, Sarah Wilson, Liza Keating, Amelia Hollywood
3216 Diagnostic accuracy of alternative biomarkers for acute aortic syndrome: a systematic review (22 May, 2025) Free
Joshua Wren, Steve Goodacre, Abdullah Pandor, Munira Essat, Mark Clowes, Graham Cooper, Robert Hinchliffe
3275 Blood-borne virus seropositivity and staff acceptability in an opt-out, multi-centre emergency department screening programme (22 May, 2025) Free
Jai Prashar, Jack Almy, Freddie Weyman, Fiona Mcmahon
3215 How is same day emergency care (SDEC) being implemented across England? (22 May, 2025) Free
Joshua Wren, Toby McNally, Susan Croft, Suzanne Mason
3217 Triage measurements in the emergency department overestimate blood pressure (22 May, 2025) Free
Joshua Wren, Modurodoluwa Adetola, Emily Ainsworth, Megan Doherty, Ali Hussain, Andrew Scott, Lydia Mary Joy Whalley
3231 The use of nasal high-flow in emergency departments: a UK-wide four nation survey (22 May, 2025) Free
Cal Doherty, David Cunningham
3218 Renal colic: streamlining investigations to improve patient outcomes in emergency medicine (22 May, 2025) Free
Joshua Wren, Alison Lally

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June 2025 - Volume 42 - 6

Highlights from this issue

Paediatric emergency care

Randomised trials for pain management

Prehospital management of heat illness: Consensus statement

Triage and Early Warning Scores

Best Evidence Topic reports

Journal update

Global emergency medicine highlights

Image challenges

Electronic pages

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